bland

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blænd/ Rhymes: -ænd === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant, flattering”). ==== Adjective ==== bland (comparative blander, superlative blandest) Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating. Synonym: anodyne Lacking in taste or flavor. Synonyms: flat, tasteless, wallow; see also Thesaurus:insipid Lacking in vigor. Synonyms: tame, anodyne (figurative) Lacking interest; boring; dull. Synonyms: lackluster, wan; see also Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:dim bland comment (now rare) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English blanden, blonden, from Old English blandan (“to blend, mix, mingle; trouble, disturb, corrupt”), from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to mix, blend”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda, Norwegian, Danish blande, Swedish blanda. See also blend. ==== Verb ==== bland (third-person singular simple present blands, present participle blanding, simple past and past participle blanded) (transitive, UK dialectal) To mix; blend; mingle. (transitive, UK dialectal) To connect; associate. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English bland, from Old English bland, blond (“blending, mixture, confusion”), from Proto-Germanic *blandą (“a mixing, mixture”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda (“a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water”). ==== Alternative forms ==== blaind, blaund (Scotland) ==== Noun ==== bland (countable and uncountable, plural blands) (UK dialectal) Mixture; union. A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands. Hypernym: fermented milk product Coordinate terms: kefir, koumiss ===== Derived terms ===== in bland === References === “bland”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Danish == === Verb === bland imperative of blande == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin blandus. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === bland (strong nominative masculine singular blander, not comparable) (medicine) bland ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bland” in Duden online “bland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plant/ Rhymes: -ant === Noun === bland n (genitive singular blands, no plural) mix ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bland í poka ==== Related terms ==== blanda == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === bland imperative of blande == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === bland imperative of blande == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Clipping of ibland. ==== Preposition ==== bland among ===== Derived terms ===== bland annat === Etymology 2 === From blanda (“to mix”). ==== Noun ==== bland n (obsolete) mixture Synonym: blandning ===== Declension ===== === References === bland in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker bland, ibland in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)